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That completed. now wind will tear all the structures up that you're under today so you need to be in a safe structure. then you're going to have to worry about mudslides and flooding for the rest of the day today. remember, this eye is traveling right now about 15 miles to the southwest of that very populated san juan. it's cutting through the middle of the island, so they have the whole afternoon ahead of them with all of these problems. >> let's bring paul goodloe in from the weather channel live in san juan. paul, take us there. we can hear what it's like and the wind is simply whipping. >...

Steve harrigan live in san juan for us tonight. i met, steve. >> reporter: martha, the start of a long and painful cleanup is just beginning behind me. around this courtyard there are trunks of buildings everywhere. high-rise hotels in the 145-mile-per-hour winds were strong enough to rip the sides off, rip balconies down, rip satellite fixtures down, it just kept whipping through here and snapping off trees. widespread damage across the island. this was a worst-case scenario for puerto rico. u.s. territory of 3.5 million people, a powerful storm moving diagonally around the most heavily popul...

No power damaged, infrastructure. the communication mast was destroyed. but the humble studios next door survived. staying off air was not an option. so, they knew what they had a job to do. >> when we saw the damage, we're like, okay. we're off air. we need to get back up. >> reporter: one mast later, 103.3 cool f.m. was back on-care. listeners take advantage of the barbershop, listening to the radio on generator power. >> we understand what is going on with the hurricane. >> reporter: people turn to the deejays for information and guidance and comfort here and on other islands. how important...

Staying off air was not an option. so, they knew what they had a job to do. >> we need to get back up. >> reporter: one mass later, 103.3 cool f.m. was back on-care. listeners take advantage of the barbershop, listening to the radio on generator power. >> reporter: people turn to the deejays for information an comfort here and on other islands. how important was the radio station when the hurricane had gone through? >> it was very important to get information around. to know what is happening is st very vital to our community. >> reporter: vital to communities throughout the region, through ir...

How long that takes? >> i would caution people to be patient here between reentry and that process, power down in homes for the coming weeks. i don't want to cause any panic in florida. there's hospitals and nursing homes and other facilities that have generator power, provide services necessary. there the concern is providing fuel to the generators should they run out. from that perspective, the federal government provides a great deal of fuel and transport assistance and other contracts and we give that fuel to the state and locals and they distribute it to the wholesale and retail distribut...